Laid off from Kaiser Permanente.
Kaiser reaches the public record as a stream of small site-level notices rather than one announced number, and our tracker holds 123 filings covering 731 jobs since the start of 2025. The October 2025 round of 216 roles arrived as a cluster of same-day notices across 15 California hospitals and clinics.
At a glance
What's known about Kaiser Permanente severance and layoffs
- 147 positions · September 2026 round, business and administrative roles
- 249 jobs · San Leandro nursing home closure, September 2024
- 15 hospitals and clinics · October 2025 round, California sites
- 123, all California · WARN filings since 2025, our tracker
- 192 · All-time Kaiser filings, our tracker
- 16, covering 147 jobs · 2026 filings in our tracker
- Twice in about four months · IT reductions, 2023 and 2024
- Severance, career support, outplacement · Company-stated offer, 2024 IT round
- September 30, 2029 · UNAC/UHCP contracts run through
Recent Kaiser Permanente layoffs
Kaiser notified 147 California employees in September 2026
In September 2026 Kaiser filed California notices to lay off 147 employees, effective November 20, and said the positions, in business and administrative functions, don't provide direct patient care. Our tracker holds 16 Kaiser filings for 2026 covering those jobs.
Previous rounds
Kaiser Permanente layoff history
Kaiser's reductions reach the public record in pieces small enough to miss. Our tracker holds 192 all-time Kaiser filings, and 123 filings covering 731 jobs since the start of 2025. The five largest in that window listed 74, 72, 43, 42 and 40 jobs, and three of those five carry a single date, October 6, 2025. Someone looking for the size of a Kaiser layoff finds a count of notices.
California sets the terms for what has to be filed. The state's Employment Development Department says a WARN notice is generally required when an employer has 75 or more full-time and part-time employees and plans a layoff reaching 50 employees inside a 30-day period, a plant or facility closure, or a relocation of operations, with written notice due 60 days ahead. Two of those three events name no minimum number of affected employees. What the filings show separately is the shape of Kaiser's rounds on arrival. Its 72 IT cuts in February 2024 went in as 49 positions in Pleasanton, 19 in Pasadena, two in Stockton, and one each in Oakland and Bakersfield, and the October 2025 round spanned 15 hospitals and clinics.
The rounds behind the filings had specific targets. In October 2025 Kaiser's human resources director told the Employment Development Department the company had begun notifying 216 workers on September 17, with termination dates falling after a 60-day period across 15 California hospitals and clinics. Of those, 184 sat in Oakland, Redwood City, San Leandro, Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, and 32 in Corona, Downey, Los Angeles, Pasadena and San Diego. The notice named a marketing director, a manager of operations, nutritional experts, IT systems managers and engineers, and business operations consultants. Earlier in 2025 the company cut 118 positions in IT and business operations. Before that came two IT rounds about four months apart, 115 roles nationwide in November 2023 and 72 in California in February 2024.
How much of a round falls on represented workers varies, and October 2025 is the one the record breaks out. A Kaiser spokesman put 134 of the 184 Northern California positions in union-represented roles, primarily IT and food services, and said every Southern California job cut was nonunion IT. Kaiser's workforce organized early. 57,000 employees in 26 local unions formed the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions in 1996, the Labor Management Partnership followed in 1997, and the Alliance of Health Care Unions counts 23 locals and more than 62,000 Kaiser employees. The partnership's 1999 Employment and Income Security Agreement binds the unions signatory to that partnership rather than every represented role. It states the commitment plainly, to re-deploy rather than lay off employees who are displaced, and says a displaced worker who can't secure their old classification goes into the most comparable one available at their current rate of pay for a transition period. That agreement also carves out extraordinary circumstances, determined by Kaiser leadership, which it says can include closure or divestiture of operations, severe membership or financial losses, or technological changes that affect job classifications. Which union and which agreement cover your job is worth confirming before you lean on any of it.
The terms stay thin on the record, so read your own paperwork before you read anything else. Kaiser has published no severance formula in the reporting we track. For the February 2024 IT round it said affected employees could apply for other roles or receive severance packages, career support and outplacement services, and on the October 2025 round a spokesman said the company was helping people move into other roles where able. Both describe particular rounds and promise nothing about another one. If you're represented, call your local before signing anything. UNAC/UHCP ratified contracts in March 2026 that run to September 30, 2029 and Kaiser said union leadership accepted across-the-board wage increases of 21.5%. Where California WARN covered your site and your round, the 60-day clock belongs to that rule, and any notice issued from 2026 has to spell out what support the employer arranged for the people named in it.
The newer events on record show two different kinds of Kaiser cut. Closing a Kaiser nursing home put clinical jobs on the line, licensed vocational nurses and certified nursing assistants among them, and the Chronicle reported that affected employees could apply for other positions within Kaiser. The newest round was administrative, and Kaiser's statement, as the San Francisco Chronicle quoted it, said those positions don't provide direct patient care and that the company was supporting affected employees as they explore other opportunities within Kaiser and, where appropriate, providing severance, career support and outplacement services. In both, a move inside Kaiser sat beside whatever else was offered. The newer statement doesn't say how Kaiser decides what's appropriate, so if a letter offers you another role or a package, you can ask Kaiser to put in writing whether accepting one rules out the other.
Reporting on previous Kaiser Permanente layoff rounds
September 2026, business and administrative roles · 147 positions across California, effective November 20, with 72 at San Diego administrative offices, 22 in Pleasanton, 20 in Pasadena and 12 in Oakland, 11 of them at the national headquarters
Kaiser said it was supporting affected employees as they explore other opportunities within Kaiser Permanente and, where appropriate, providing severance, career support and outplacement services.
October 2025 · 216 workers across 15 California hospitals and clinics, 184 of them in Oakland, Redwood City, San Leandro, Pleasanton and Walnut Creek and 32 in Corona, Downey, Los Angeles, Pasadena and San Diego, in IT, food services and business operations
No severance formula appears in the reporting we track. A Kaiser spokesman said the company was helping affected employees transition into other roles within Kaiser Permanente where able.
2025, earlier in the year · 118 positions in information technology and business operations, reported from earlier WARN filings
September 2024, San Leandro nursing home closure · 249 jobs at the San Leandro post-acute care center, Kaiser's last free-standing company-owned skilled nursing facility in California, set to close by mid-November, including administrators, physical therapists, dietitians, licensed vocational nurses and, primarily, certified nursing assistants
The Chronicle reported affected employees would receive job-search support and could apply for other positions within Kaiser Permanente.
February 2024, information technology · 72 IT positions confirmed by Kaiser, filed with California on February 26 with 49 in Pleasanton, 19 in Pasadena, two in Stockton and one each in Oakland and Bakersfield
Kaiser said affected employees could apply for other roles within the company or receive severance packages, career support and outplacement services.
November 2023, information technology · 115 IT roles nationwide, about four months before the February 2024 round
How Kaiser Permanente's layoffs compare to other companies
Kaiser notices site by site, and its filing count runs well ahead of the rounds behind it. California's rule reaches a facility closure or a relocation of operations without naming a minimum number of affected employees. The count measures notices, not the size of any one decision.
What to do after being laid off from Kaiser Permanente
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Kaiser Permanente's biggest hubs: California, Oregon, Hawaii. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Kaiser Permanente's hub states run: California, Oregon, Hawaii, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
Kaiser Permanente layoff and severance questions
What severance does Kaiser Permanente offer laid-off employees?
There's no published formula in anything we track. Kaiser's statements have spoken to particular rounds. For the February 2024 IT round it said affected employees could apply for other roles or receive severance packages, career support and outplacement services, and for the September 2026 round it said it was supporting people exploring other opportunities within Kaiser and, where appropriate, providing severance, career support and outplacement services. On the October 2025 round a spokesman said the company was helping people move into other roles where able. If your job is represented, it's worth reading the collective bargaining agreement covering your position and calling your local before you sign anything.
Do Kaiser layoffs affect nurses and clinical staff?
One round on record did. Kaiser's 2024 plan to close its San Leandro nursing home came with 249 job losses, among them licensed vocational nurses, physical therapists, dietitians and, primarily, certified nursing assistants. The other rounds on record landed in IT, business operations, food services and administration, and Kaiser said the positions in its September 2026 round don't provide direct patient care. Clinical bargaining ran on its own track, with UNAC/UHCP striking three times between September 2025 and February 2026, the last strike running from January 26 to February 24, and ratifying contracts that run to September 30, 2029.
Where do I file for unemployment after a Kaiser layoff?
Every Kaiser filing our tracker has logged for 2025 and after is a California notice. The notice side is separate from an unemployment claim. Where California WARN covers the employer, the site and the event, written notice is due 60 days ahead, and copies go to the Employment Development Department and the local workforce board for your area.
Why does Kaiser Permanente file so many WARN notices?
Two things are worth separating here. California's notice duty attaches to an employer with 75 or more people on the books, and two of the three events that trigger it, a facility closure and a relocation of operations, name no minimum number of affected employees. Separately, Kaiser's rounds show up in the record as site-level notices rather than one entry. Three of the five biggest Kaiser filings our tracker holds from 2025 onward carry a single date, October 6, 2025, the date of the letter Kaiser filed with the state for its October 2025 round, and the September 2026 round reached the tracker as 16 filings.
Is Kaiser Permanente still laying off in 2026?
Yes. In September 2026 Kaiser told employees in business and administrative roles that their positions would be eliminated as of November 20, and those notices are in our tracker. That reflects what employers reported to the states we collect, so read it as a record of notices rather than a promise about the rest of the year. Any California notice issued since January has to name the support services on offer and state whether the employer plans to work with the local workforce board, bring in another organization, or skip coordinated services altogether.
Where are Kaiser's September 2026 layoffs?
Across California. Working from the state filings, the San Francisco Chronicle put the largest share, 72 positions, at San Diego administrative offices, then 22 in Pleasanton and 20 in Pasadena. Oakland's share is 12, The Oaklandside found, 11 of them at One Kaiser Plaza, the national headquarters, and one at administrative offices on Harrison Street. The Chronicle placed the rest in Los Angeles, Irvine, Folsom, Corona and Sacramento, and every Kaiser filing our tracker holds for 2026 is a California notice.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from Kaiser Permanente?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Kaiser Permanente's biggest U.S. hubs are California, Oregon, Hawaii. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at Kaiser Permanente?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at Kaiser Permanente?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from Kaiser Permanente?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.